Don’t forget to

change the words!

here there
Remember the changing of tenses:
now then
this that Direct Speech Indirect Speech
today that am reading was reading
day is reading was reading
yesterday the are reading were reading
day play/plays played
before played had played
last year the was/were playing had been playing
previous have/has played had played
year had played had played
two days ago two
shall play would play
days
will play would play
before
would like to play would like to play
tomorrow the
following must play had to play
day must have played must have played
next week the should play should play
following
week

1. She said, “I like volley-ball”. __________________________________________

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2. Tom said, “This river is the longest”.__________________________________
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3. Pam said, “I will come to you”. _______________________________________
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4. He said, “I was watching TV”.__________________________________________
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5. They said, “We’ll play today”. _________________________________________
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6. Liz said, “Nora is writing a test”. ______________________________________
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7. They said, “We went to the zoo yesterday”. ___________________________
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8. I said, “Nick has brought a turtle”. ____________________________________
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9. Kate said, “Ben will arrive tomorrow”. ________________________________
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10. Alex said, “It is hot in Italy now”. ___________________________________
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11. Mona said, “We have three lessons today”. __________________________
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12. Nick said, “Alex draws beautiful animals”. __________________________
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